Question

Jauanita and Keenan own a camping supply store and just put in an order fir flashlights and sleeping bags. The number of flashlights ordered was five times the number of sleeping bags. The flashlights cost $12 each and the sleeping bags cost $45 each. If the total cost for the flashlights and sleeping bags was $1785 how many flashlights and how many sleeping bags did Juanita and Keenan order

Answer 1

• 85 flashlights
• 17 sleeping bags

Explanation:

One group of 5 flashlights and 1 sleeping bag will cost ...

$12×5 +45 = $105

The total cost of the order is $1785/$105 = 17 times that amount, so there were ...

17 sleeping bags ordered

17×5 = 85 flashlights ordered